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Sam Sewell-Peterson
Writer and film fanatic fond of black comedies, sci-fi, animation and films about dysfunctional families.
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Tag Archives: World Cinema
Review in Brief: Decision to Leave (2022)
Park Chan-wook’s latest is less extreme than the films he’s most famed for (that’s the Vengeance Trilogy, particularly OLDBOY for most audiences) but is just as dazzlingly stylish and intriguing to unpack, a good deal sexier (OK, not sexier than … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged decision to leave, Oldboy, Park Chan-wook, Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Thriller, World Cinema
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Every Non-English Language Best Picture Nominee Ranked
Posted in Film, Film Feature, The Film Magazine
Tagged All Quiet on the Western Front, amour, Best International Feature Film, Best Picture, Cries and Whispers, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, drive my car, feature, Il Postino, La Grande Illusion, Letters from Iwo Jima, Life is Beautiful, Minari, Oscars, Parasite, ranked, Roma, sam sewell-peterson, The Emigrants, World Cinema, z
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The Quiet Girl (2022) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Carrie Crowley, Catherine Clinch, Colm Bairéad, Drama, The Quiet Girl, World Cinema
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The Orphanage (2007) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Horror, JA Bayona, The Orphanage, World Cinema
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Review in Brief: RRR (2022)
SS Rajamouli’s RRR will get a reaction from you, that’s for sure. Never mind the latest from Marvel, DC or Tom Cruise, this is the big film with the most awesome imagery of 2022 and it’s not even close. Said … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Action, Blockbuster, Bollywood, NT Rama Rao Jr, Ram Charam, RRR, SS Rajamouli, World Cinema
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Review in Brief: The Sadness (2021)
Remember the first time you saw THE RAID? Remember that feeling of being completely floored by the sheer artistry of its ultraviolence? Well, Taiwanese horror THE SADNESS conjures up that same feeling, but with even more extreme imagery and through … Continue reading
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Tagged Berant Zhu, Horror, Regina Lei, Rob Jabbaz, The Sadness, World Cinema
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Review in Brief: Flee (2021)
FLEE, an animated memoir/documentary telling of Afghan migrant Amin’s remarkable journey, is some powerful stuff. I’ve heard some people find the animation somehow alienating, that it lessons Amin’s story but I just don’t agree. The style of the animation, almost … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Documentary, Flee, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Oscars, World Cinema
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Parallel Mothers (2021) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Drama, Milena Smit, Parallel Mothers, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, World Cinema
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